CHICAGO, Illinois, June 18 -- Circana, a company that says it is a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Circana today announced the winners of its fourth annual Outdoor Sports Retail Performance Awards. The awards acknowledge the fastest-growing brands in the U.S. outdoor and snow specialty retail markets based on in-store and e-commerce sales revenue, according to Circana's Retail Tracking Service data. "The outdoor indust  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 19 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Solar energy is shining brighter than ever in northern Illinois as ComEd today announced that it has interconnected more than 1 gigawatt of distributed energy resource (DER) capacity to the ComEd grid, including 57,780 residential rooftop solar systems. The more than 59,000 DER on the ComEd smart grid include 1,582 commercial systems, 118 community solar farms, 23 indus  more

URBANA, Illinois, June 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Illinois System issued the following news: With the conclusion of the 2024 Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress in Helsinki, organizers and participants in the world's largest annual gathering focused on sustainability turned their attention to 2025 and the first time the event will be held in the United States. The University of Illinois System is the host institution and co-organizer of the five-day SRI2025, which will take p  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 18 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: Illinois will boost reimbursement for critical health services supporting vulnerable children and families, thanks to a new law led by State Senator Omar Aquino aimed at strengthening the Medicaid system. "In Illinois, we are advancing equity by investing in the residents and health care providers who deserve a better system that meets their needs," said Aquino (D-Chicago). "These much-needed rate increa  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, June 17 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Northwestern University has selected eight innovative and high-potential research projects in the life sciences to receive critical seed funding from the Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund. This new resource provides vital bridge funding for promising initiatives within Northwestern's $1 billion research portfolio, targeting efforts nearing the end of their public financing but not yet r  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 19 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Mojave Shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 2024. The barkentine is located in Lake Michigan, near Sheboygan County. Mojave is a barkentine constructed in 1863 by master shipwright Steward McDonald in Detroit, Michigan, and operated in the Great Lakes through the grain and coal trades for only one year. On N  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, June 18 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: A decision by a federal judge to block President Joe Biden's efforts to expand Title IX protections on Monday is the latest attack on LGBTQI+ rights and rights to bodily autonomy, said Kara Ingelhart, the inaugural director of the LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. The new Title IX rule, intended to protect the rights of LGBTQI+ students and victims of campus sexual assault, wa  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: University of Chicago graduate student Keerthana Hogirala has been named a 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, which will support her studies as an MBA/MPP dual degree candidate at the Booth School of Business and the Harris School of Public Policy. For 26 years, the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans has been celebrating the contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants to the Unit  more